By JC on Monday, October 08, 2001 - 10:37 am: Edit

What are some simple, efficient ways to water proof under the hood? Electrics and what not.

JC

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Monday, October 08, 2001 - 10:48 am: Edit

Di-electric grease on all electrical connections - protect the distributor and coil (assuming pre 1996) - not the end all/be all - but it's a start.

By JC on Monday, October 08, 2001 - 11:02 am: Edit

How would i go about protecting the distributor and coil. I have had problems with water getting into my distributor and causing misfire and sometimes wont crank at all after wading a creek or really heavy rain. Put a new cap and rotory button on and all is well but i havent been off road since i installed them. Any idea on keeping water out of distibutor itself?

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Monday, October 08, 2001 - 11:06 am: Edit

LR makes a genuine part to cover the coil - or you can relocate the coil away from the grill

As far as the dist. goes - you can seal it with RTV silicone where the cap and dist. mate. Also - put di-electric grease in all the boots and on the towers on the cap to make a good seal.

By JC on Monday, October 08, 2001 - 11:28 am: Edit

thanx bill, will do

By Cartner on Tuesday, October 09, 2001 - 05:19 pm: Edit

What of this genuine part to cover the coil? do you have a part number for that? oooh..I want one after stalling twice at MAR this weekend...

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Wednesday, October 10, 2001 - 03:56 am: Edit

Sorry - don't know the p/n - if you e-mail Rover Connection with a description -they'll get you a price and p/n

All it is is a rubber boot that fits over the coil and protects the +/- contacts from shorting.

Also - carry a can of WD40 with you -a quick spray and your started again...

Personally, if I had a coil - i'd move it instead

By Cartner on Wednesday, October 10, 2001 - 06:10 pm: Edit

On a D1 where would you move it to? there don't seem to be a whole lot of places that offer much more protection...

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Thursday, October 11, 2001 - 03:50 am: Edit

Anywhere other than behind the grill where it gets first contact with water - back to the firewall or on a fender maybe - only problem is you don't want an excessively long coil wire.

By Yo!adrian (Adrian) on Thursday, October 11, 2001 - 07:53 pm: Edit

Some info I found that might deem helpful...
http://www.landyonline.co.za/techtalk/waterproofing_a_rover_v8.htm

By cartner on Thursday, October 11, 2001 - 10:26 pm: Edit

thanks guys! very helpful...Don't know if any of you were there when it happened, But I had some struggles in relatively shallow mud/water at MAR...This should cure it I hope

By Craig on Thursday, October 11, 2001 - 10:36 pm: Edit

part number is
STC9124 (around $20)
it's a coil wire with protective boot at coil end.
hope this helps
Craig

By Wayne on Thursday, October 11, 2001 - 10:58 pm: Edit

Another tip I have used is to run a hose from the heater into the distributer, this way you get dry air presurising the distributer. You do need to tap a plug into the side of the distributer though.
Regards
Wayne

By Joe Casey on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 01:27 am: Edit

A thing to see is go to a junkyard or store and get the hat for the dist. they came on newer fox body mustangs and some lincoln mark 7s. ford knows that you never forget your hat.

Joe Casey

By cartner on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 02:17 pm: Edit

Sweet. thanks!